Pluritopia
Pluritopia is a part of the joint initiative between the National Arts Council Singapore (NAC) and the Arts Council Korea (ARKO) under the signed Memorandum of Understanding in promoting arts and culture exchange between artists, creatives and technologists of the two nations.
© Image Courtesy of Pluritopia, KINetic by Rachel Nip, Timothi Ellim, Ammar Ameezy (SG) and An Ga-young (KOR)
© Image Courtesy of Pluritopia, Headspace by Timespace (SG)
Note: The correct artist at 00:17 should be JeongHo Park, and the correct artist at 00:19 should be Jake Tan . We apologise for any confusion or inconvenience caused by video attribution.
Pluritopia is a portmanteau from “plural” and “universe”; where multiple universes exist, collide, and merge. It aims to address the current “crisis” and post-pandemic art and technology landscape through a multi-tier Cloud platform. This art and tech framework is centred on the idea of pluralism.
Cloud Studios invited Singaporean and Korean artists, creatives, and technologists across different geographical locations to build virtual environments in the Cloud that will grow into a larger Pluritopia multiverse overtime.
These environments are virtual versions of artists' studios dedicated to remote online dialogue, collaboration and experimentation. Pluritopia Cloud Studios is a glimpse into the possibilities for future online remote artistic practices, and collaboration beyond the post-pandemic world.
Pluritopia showcases the works of 10 artists from Singapore and 10 from Korea during a year-long virtual art residency (September 2021 to September 2022), culminating in a week-long biennale (September 23 - 30, 2022). The biennale offers virtual tours, masterclasses, exhibitions, performances, and a two-day symposium.
Commissioned by National Arts Council, Singapore and Arts Council Korea.